INJURY UPDATE: Quarterback Chandler Whitmer, who took a hard shot from Louisville linebacker Preston Brown early in the fourth quarter and did not return, is undergoing evaluations and did not practice Sunday, according to head coach Paul Pasqualoni.

"Chandler will be out of practice today. We have just a very light walk through today and tomorrow (Monday) the players are off, so he'll get two full days off," Pasqualoni said Sunday in his weekly post-game conference call. "He won't be involved in anything. And then we'll see how he is on Tuesday. We're optimistic."

Pasqualoni would not say if the concern regarding Whitmer was the potential for a concussion.

"I would rather wait until Tuesday to get the absolute definite evaluation on it," he said. "So, I want to wait until Tuesday before I say anything."

Senior defensive end Trevardo Williams was receiving treatment Sunday for his injured right ankle, the coach the. Williams said that someone rolled on his ankle during the game. He also said that he'd be fine.

"We'll go very light with Trevardo today and after the off day tomorrow, we'll re-assess on Tuesday," Pasqualoni said. "He's already in the training room, being very aggressive with his treatment, so we're optimistic there too."

THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTED: Almost all of the Huskies defense, not just the 11 starters, but several of the reserves, were involved in shutting down Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and stunning the No. 19 Cardinals 23-20 in three overtimes. Blidi Wreh-Wilson's interception in the end zone in the third OT was the key play, but so many other players contributed that Pasqualoni gave a game ball to the entire defensive unit.

"What was very clear on the film was how many guys on defense contributed to the win," Pasqualoni said. "Obviously, it started with doing a very good job against run defense, constantly putting them in second-and-long, third-and-long situations, where you kind of knew that it was going to be more of a drop-back pass instead of a play-action thing. That required us to use a lot of people."

Cornerback Dwayne Gratz and linebackers Jory Johnson and Yawin Smallwood all had 11 tackles to lead the Huskies while Trevardo Williams had three of UConn's five sacks. And there were 11 pass breakups.

"Guys like (DT) Julian Campenni came in and got a sack, (DE) B.J. McBryde came in and did a good job," Pasqualoni said. " (DE) Timmy Willman came in and did a good job being productive in the pas rush, (DT) Kenton Adeyemi gave us a couple of rushes to give guys a rest, and the guys inside did a good job of keeping Teddy Bridgewater in the pocket and keeping pressure on him. It was an overall, very good team win. Obviously, Blidi's play at the end was just huge, to make that interception in the end zone. Overall, just a great team effort."

SENIOR DAY: The Huskies face Cincinnati on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. (ABC) at Rentschler Field in the regular season finale. UConn's 20 seniors will be honored in pre-game ceremonies.

QUICK HITS: Tailback Lyle McCombs received the offensive game ball. Pasqualoni said that McCombs "ran very hard" and "had his best game." McCombs gained 133 yards, his best rushing total of the season. Chad Christen, who kicked three field goals, including the game-winner in third OT, got the special teams game ball ... Cole Wagner averaged 43.8 yards on 10 punts, putting one inside the 20 with two touchbacks ... It was the first time in Pasqualoni's tenure at UConn that the Huskies won back-to-back games.